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Mark Twain's Cabin, California

MARK TWAIN'S CABIN where the author wrote his "Jumping Frog of Calaveras" stands on Jackass Hill just east of Angels Camp. The region is famed in fact and legend for its 75% pure gold quartz and the hardy pioneers who came with Gold Rush.

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Back: divided. Mint. ROYAL 76 GASOLINE TOUR THE WEST WITH UNION
UNION OIL COMPANY’S Natural Color Scenes of the West.
MADE IN U.S.A. [black ink on back]

Provenance

Between 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)